Vera Biryukova


Vera Leonidovna Biryukova is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She was member of the 2016 Olympics Group all-around champion.

Career

Biryukova was born in Omsk. She began gymnastics at five years old under the encouragement of her mother, her first coach was Natalia Glemba, she studied at the Omsk schools number 61 and 125 where she began training with Elena Arais and her mother Vera Shtelbaums.
Biryukova was briefly included as part of Russia's group however she was later relegated to the reserve team. It wasn't until in 2016 that she had her big breakthrough, Biryukova returned as member of the Russian national group after replacing Ksenia Poliakova, she began competing with the Russian group at the 2016 World Cup series in Kazan and Baku.
On August 19–21, Biryukova was member of the golden winning Russian group that won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Awards